I have a search set in Ebay for Stohlquist and Kokatat. About three times a month I get an email showing a successful search. It is almost always for a dry suit. They seem to sell for about half the cost of new. Take a peek. Jim et al *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Every month or two a "never used" or "hardly used" breathable dry-suit shows up on Gear Swap for about half retail. Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim" <jfarrelly5_at_home.com> To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:09 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] dry suit cost > I have a search set in Ebay for Stohlquist and Kokatat. About three times a > month I get an email showing a successful search. It is almost always for a > dry suit. They seem to sell for about half the cost of new. Take a peek. snip *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Another alternative, if you have a partner to make sure you roll it up right, is the dry suit, dry pant combo (e.g. Kokatat). I had a gortex top with nylon bottom, and I did some ww swims and sea kayak rescues and was dry. Some people manage this alone, but I always did better with help. The gortex/nylon combo seems to work ok for heat management, but of course full gortex is better. This has a little more risk, but it also costs quite a bit less than a drysuit, and should you be able to afford a drysuit later, a dry top is nice with a fuzzy rubber john/jane at other times. I believe as long as you seal it well, you will be ok, and if you size it so full movement doesn't cause it to try and unroll. (If you don't know how this work, the top and the bottom roll up together not unlike a dry bag!) jen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> I believe as long as you seal it well, you will be ok, and if you > size it so full movement doesn't cause it to try and unroll. (If > you don't know how this work, the top and the bottom roll up together > not unlike a dry bag!) There was an expert river guide who drowned on the Illinois river. He had a full dry suit, however he made a couple fatal errors. His neck gasket was ripped, held together only with tape, it did not last long in the white water. He launched with the ripped gasket; I guess he also figured since he was an expert he wouldn't flip. Always pays to check those gaskets before each trip. -- MZ visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Cheap but good quality dry suits: We got here a producer (Teschner, placed at Timmendorfer Strand, eastern sea-area) with a wide range of different dry suits from the easy cheap ones, up to the high end stuff and special build ones. The most expensive serial one cost actually 355 Euro (~285 USD)(SympaTex, breathable and similar to Gore-Tex), the cheapest one ~150 Euro (~120 USD). Sounds to cheap to be from good quality. But in fact itīs really good stuff because he do anything by himself with easy methods, there are no treaders between and he donīt want to earn a fortune. Unfortunately he didnīt got a website, yet. But Iīve scaned his lists (in german, for sure) and could send them to you... Maybe an option. best regards Jochen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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